340,400 kilometers from the earth. It can be as hot as 100 degrees celcius and as cold as -170 degrees celcius. Its roughly as wide as Australia. In all, 88 constellations have now been named. About half of them can be seen on a clear night. Some such as the Great Bear are very large. Others such as the Southern Cross or the Crux are very small. The oldest stars are 15 billion years old. 59 billion kilometers from sun.

This blog provides info about planets and gods. About 2,300 years ago the astronomer Aristotle gave the planets. Aristotle did his best to match the characters the gods. Where supposed to have with what he knew about planets- there speed, brightness,. Later greek writing about the planets was translated into the Latin. Language, so the greek planet names were changed to the names of the equivalent.

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